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An international team of researchers has discovered a previously unknown trigger of volcanic eruptions -- a finding that could give scientists a leg up on predicting blow-ups and saving lives. "Understanding the triggers...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is officially on board for the eighth installment of Fast and Furious, reports Collider. At a press conference promoting the brawny actor's new film, San Andreas, Johnson had a simple answer the...

As photos, trailers and rumors have leaked about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens, a new star has emerged: BB-8, the small, chipper, spherical astromech droid Droids (or androids) are an integral part of the Star...

Long after Mad Men is gone from TV, the show will be remembered for any number of things: its poignant storytelling, its consistently gorgeous direction, its unparalleled exploration of characters But less talked about? ...

Tim Cook was George Washington University's Commencement Speaker for Spring 2015. He goofs around a bit, gives some of the usual graduate advice and talks about his early years at Apple.

Human activity almost killed this loggerhead sea turtle in Turkey, but a group of doctors and researchers are looking to right that wrong with a 3D-printed prosthetic. The turtle, which is marked as an endangered species...

A security researcher told the FBI he used a plane's in-flight entertainment system to hack into its engine system on multiple occasions, once even briefly flying the plane sideways, according to an FBI affidavit filed i...

Tom Broadhurst, the Ikerbasque researcher in the Department of Theoretical Physics of the UPV/EHU, together with Sandor Molnar of the National Taiwan University and visiting Ikerbasque researcher at the UPV/EHU in 2013, ...

Thousands of different flavors are already on the market, but their health effects are still largely unknown. New research suggests that some aerosol flavors may be more damaging to lung tissue than others.

If NASA is going to put humans on Mars and other distant worlds, it's going to need a place for explorers to stay -- and it wants your help building those extraterrestrial homes. The agency has launched the 3D Printed Ha...

Wooden bikes may be beautiful, but they're also a tad impractical . Nevertheless, there may be unexpected value in wooden bike frames, which architects can use to understand important structural challenges and prototype ...

Want a special case for your MacBook or laptop? You can give the Slim Laptop/Tablet Case by ÉSTIE a try. It's got a unique carbon leather weave which gives a sophisticated charm to the overall design. What comes as a to...

Your music, mobile assistant, texts, email and phone calls strapped to your wrist. Meet the 4 little buttons that will change your life. Headphones are for wedding djs, air-traffic controllers and shortwave radio enthusi...

Don't get distracted with jet engines, crying babies and crowd noise while you listen to your favorite music anymore. Thanks to the Crossfade LP2 Noise-Isolating Headphones. The 6 quality tested frequencies maintains bet...

Welcome to Reading List, a weekly collection of great tech reads from around the web. This week we explore the lives of the men and women charged with identifying existential risks to humanity, the groundbreaking new fie...

A research team from the University of Surrey in the UK has reportedly developed a new, noninvasive drug test for cocaine that accurately detects its presence in your system through your fingerprints. Specifically, it lo...

If and when we send colonists to Mars and beyond, we're going to need habitats unlike any we've built before. To encourage out-of-the box thinking, NASA and America Makes are kicking off a $2.25 million dollar competitio...

Apple CEO Tim Cook delivered a commencement speech to George Washington University's class of 2015 today. Much of it is classic end-of-college fare (Life is "about finding your values and committing to live by them"), bu...

I spent the last week gliding around San Francisco in the now infamous "Suitsy", an adult-sized pajama onesie disguised as a full business suit. At bars and in meetings, no one seemed to notice anything amiss. But, perha...

Venus might not be top of the list for manned missions, but a flock of floating explorers - part drone, part blimp - for its atmosphere are are on the drawing board. Drone-maker Northrop Grumman wants to send its Venus A...

The internet has more than one capacity problem to worry about, apparently. Researchers met in London this week to tackle growing concerns that fiber optic cables, which represent the internet's backbone, are hitting the...

Hearts are too valuable to risk--which is why the NSF announced Friday that it would be funneling millions of dollars into a new effort to develop virtual hearts for medical device development and testing.